Course Update

First I would like to apologize for not blogging lately.  I will try to get more consistent with my updates in the future.  If you have been on the course the last couple of weeks you have probably noticed the sodding projects that we have been doing.   These areas haven't had any grass on them since I have been here and we are finally making our way around the course to get these completed.   The first area that we finished was around #4 Green.  I will post some pictures soon of what we did there.  This past week we finished up at #8 Green.  This is going to be a common site over the next couple of months so please be patient with our maintenance staff as they try to get some more grass on the ground. 

If you have been on the course over the last couple of days you might have seen some fertilizer on our roughs.  Yesterday we put out our first fertilizer application down in our rough areas.  This was a 24-0-5 fertilizer which means it had 24% nitrogen, 0 phosphorous and 5% potassium.  This is a slow release nitrogen product which should get us about 6 to 8 weeks of continuous fertilizer in our roughs.  We went out at around 180lbs/Acre.  That will give us 1 pound of nitrogen/1000ft.  We put this out yesterday because looking at the forecast it looked like we should hopefully get some rain this weekend which will help water in the fertilizer.

We have also started a poa eradication program.  I'm sure you have all seen the yellow turf in our greens which is poa annua.  We started a program this week which over time will hopefully decrease our poa population.  We are spraying a product called Trimmit.  Trimmit is a growth regulator that will slow the growth of poa and allow the bentgrass to take over.  You won't see any poa die from this application, over time you will just see less poa.  This will be a long process.  We can only safely spray Trimmit in the spring and fall because the summer temperatures are to hot here in Oklahoma.  Hopefully in 2 to 3 years we will be able to see that this program is working for us here at SCC.

We hope that everybody is enjoying themselves out on the course this spring!